Lee leads Yoon by 6 percentage points: poll
This combination of file photos shows, from left, Ruling Democratic Party of Korea presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, main opposition People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party. Korea Times file
Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung is leading his main opposition rival Yoon Suk-yeol by 6 percentage points with the election less than two months away, a survey showed Monday.
Lee of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) garnered 40.1 percent, while Yoon of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) had 34.1 percent, according to the Realmeter survey of 3,042 adults conducted last week.
Lee's support edged down 0.8 of a percentage point from a week earlier, and Yoon's support fell 5.1 percentage points.
The survey was conducted at a time when the main opposition party was mired in an internal feud after Yoon disbanded his campaign team for an overhaul.
Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, saw his support rise 4.5 percentage points to 11.1 percent.
Sim Sang-jeung of the minor progressive Justice Party came in fourth with 2.8 percent.
When asked who should become a unified opposition candidate if Yoon and Ahn agree to this, 35.9 percent of respondents picked Ahn, while 32.5 percent chose Yoon, the survey showed.
President Moon Jae-in's approval rating lagged behind his disapproval rating, 42.5 percent to 53.6 percent.
The PPP had the most support at 34.6 percent, trailed by the DP at 33.6 percent.
The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.
Further details are available at the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission. (Yonhap)